AL-QADHDHAFI DESCRIBES INTERPRETATION OF TERRORISM

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• Publication Date: September 28, 1976
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V. 30Sep76 NORTH AFRICA
Algiers Domestic Service in French 0730 OMT 29-,Sep 76 LD
[Sumnrp-} The position of leading African countries toward the Rhodesian question was
confirmed yesterday by Nyerere, underl in ing. that the African leaders meeting in Lusaka had
rejected certain aspects of the Kissinger plan because the African nationalists had"
not been consulted on the form of th transition goverment.
"President Houari Boumediene, in a message to the heads of state of southern Africa and
relating to the results of the Lusaka meeting,' has specified that the firm attitude adopted
at the and of this meeting once again shows the determination of leading countries to
stand resolutely by the side of the rather,peoples of southern Africa for the full and
complete achievement of their national aspirations.
"Bouteflika, minister of foreign aft irs. has addressed a similar message to his counterparts
in Tanzania, Botswana, Angola, Mozaique and Zambia."
CZECHOSLOVAK DELEGATION ARRIVES FOR TI
Algiers Domestic Service in Arabic 2000 GMT 28 Sep 76 LD
[Text] A Czechoslovak delegation/headed by Vladimir Berger, deputy minister of foreign
affairs, has arrived in Algiers. / Duriing its stay in Algeria, the delegation will hold
talks concerning the signing of an ag,eement on cultural and technical cooperation between
Algeria and Czechoslovakia for the period (?1977) to 1979. The talks are to begin tomorrow
at the Ministry Of Foreign Affairs.
MINISTER TO LEAVE FOR SYRIA AS PRESIDENT1S ENVOY
Algiers Domestic Service in /Arabic 2300 GMT 28 Sep 76 LD
[Text] President Houari Boumediene today received in his office Ahmed Taleb, minister of
information and culture, prior to the latterls departure for Damascus in his capacity as
private envoy of President Houari Boumediene to Syrian President Hafiz al-Asad.
president Houari Boumediene also received Mohamed Yazid, Algerials ambassador to Lebanon,
and Jamal Houhou, Algeriats ambassador to Cairo.
TAIF-QADHDHAPI DESCRIBES INTERPRETATION OF TERRORISM
Cologne Domestic Television Service in German 1918
[Adel Elias interview with Chairman of the Libyan
GmT 28'Sep 76 DW
Revolution Command Council Col Mulammar
Al-Qadhdhafi in Tripoli--recorded in Arabic, German translation superimposed, date of
interview not indicated] -
[Text] [A1-Qadhdhafi] I do not think that the world still needs to learn what a
revolution is. The term revolution was defined long ago. Revolution is directed against
certain conditions with which you are dissatisfied. Revolution is, if you want to put it
that way, an outburst of rage against a situation you do not accept. Terrorism is
something entirely different and has nothing in common with revolution or struggle.
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A: I and Barqawi met in the Sahiul Restaurant. Fadl met with Abu lshishah. I then
went to 'Abdin Palace Hotel. I sat and Abu Hashishah came to see me. Abu Hashishah
used to come to see me every night for 1 hour t? be sure that I was staying in the hotel.
The last night, we moved to the 'Imad Hotel. .'
Q: When did you receive the instructions to/ begin the assignment and from whom?
A: I received the instructions from Abu I shishah the last night before the incident,
at about 2000 or 2100 hours. Barqawi and Abu 1shishah/brought the weapons into the
A: The instructions were that we shoul come the~ext day at 0730 hours and take the
bags to the Semiramis, Hotel. There we frould opep the bags, take out our weapons and
gather all the hostages on the fourth oor.
A: The objective of the operation was
various parts of Syria.
A: As a matter of fact, a feeling of shdlt and shame. I say this seriously and not out
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[Text] Damascus, 30 September--In
a
AL BATH says today: Syria has to
continue and therefore let whateve
resistance be crushed, or, on the
arc
noose
remai
ontrar
save the resistance from the trap into whi
choice would mean foiling the mayor plot a
ale entitled "The Only Choice," the newspaper
between two things: Either allow the plot to
salvage whatever remains of Lebanon and thus
h it has been drawn, preserve Lebanon's
ntegrity which has been disrupted. The latter
inst the Lebanese and Palestinian peoples,
ghting by any means possible.
The paper adds: There is no t that the
d
no room for hesitation, as it/has become ev
intention to halt the fighting and that the
maneuvering and cheating with the aim of abo
sincere efforts to solve tl]e crisis.
Therefore, in view of the insistence on cont
in favor of the only choice that serves the
ent that there is no serious or sincere
resent situation is being exploited for
ting proposed solutions and undermining the
nuing with the plot, matters should be resolved
rab interests, satisfies national security
considerations and blocks all dangerous evenjualities. This, in fact, would be the sound
starting point for organizing the Lebanese lations among themselves and the Lebanese-
Palestinian relations on logical and democratic bases.
L
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To me terrorism has a specific meaning: It means illegal use of the power of the stronger
against the weaker, the oppressed, who cannot defend himself against this force.
There are many great powers who take advantage of their power by terrorizing the weaker
peoples. They threaten to wage war against them, and, as far as I am concerned, that is
terrorism. All these threats, the threat of the naval and air forces of the great powers,
the threat of nuclear war and finally the threat of the United States to stop all food
aid to the smaller states or the threat to occupy the oilfields of other countries, that
is what I consider true terrorism.
[Question] Do you consider the use of force in occupied Palestine legitimate?
[Answer] This is a legitimate struggle. If this is not legitimate, what should a legi-
timate struggle be like? It was Zionism which unleashed the campaign against the Pales-
tinians and labeled the Fedayeen as terrorists, The Palestinian armed struggle is led
by the Palestinian Liberation Organization which, after all, has been recognized by most
states and officially admitted into the United Nations. The Zionists still describe it
as a terrorist organization, it seems quite obvious to me why this is so: The Zionists
regard the operations of the Palestinians for the recovery of their homeland as terrorism
against them, but this very designation of these operations as terrorism is real terrorism.
The struggle of peoples for their usurped homeland is a legitimate struggle, I do not
think there is anything more legitimate in the world than that,
[Question] What about outside of Palestine) Do you consider hijacking of civil airplanes
and the taking of hostages legitimate?
[Answer] If these actions can be seen as part of overall strategic considerations, if they
are aimed at making the right of a people prevail, the right of a people to struggle in
order to time attain its rights, then to me this is one method of many. It is to show
that a people wants its rights. At any rate, such actions are piracy, which'means that
those who carry out these actions must accept the responsibility. After all, they must
also know what aims they pursue and what they can achieve by this. I personally, and we
in Libya, always support the just cause. The people who fight for this just cause are
entitled to decide which method they deem right and which wrong.
[Question] Egypt's President as-Sadat claims-that you set aside;.$L00 million a year for
terrorist actions such as plane hijackings and taking innocent people as hostages,
[Answer] On Allah) Is As-Sadat perhaps a bookkeeper in the Libyan (Ministry of Finance?
Seriously, Libya's budget is fixed down to the last detail by the People's Congress and
the people's committees. Neither public nor secret expenditures are included in the budget
unless they have been approved by the People's Congress. As-Sadat would be better advised
to worry about embezzlement and corruption inside his own state.
[Question] Did you engineer the recent putsch attempt against Numayri in the Sudan? Are
you also responsible for the revolts against As-Sadat?
[Answer] I wonder whether these charges are justified. No proof has been produced. If
we are considered part of the Sudanese people ox' even subjects of As-Sadat, then we would
automatically share the responsibility for any attempt of the peoples of both countries
to rise against the rulers. If this were the case, then I would accept the responsibility.
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[Question] If i have understood you
and As-Sadat?
brreetly you are justifying resistance against Numayri
ruling regimes in Sudan and in Egypt.\
the responsibility for the resistance against the
No one can prove that we were involved in putsch
attempts and revolts. We feel responsi
[Question]Tihe mass media in the Feder
German politician Strauss has attacked y
a state which protects and promotes terro
[Answer] I know nothing of personal att
lerfor the revolution in the entire Arab world,
responsibility, of course.
Republic attack your policy. What is more,
personally? He described you as the head of
ism and terrorists.
from the Federal Republic, The responsibi-
who unleash it. These persons mean nothing
r they do not know the facts and reality or
lity for this campaign must be borne by tho
to me. No matter what their names are; eit
they do know them but want to fan the feel
It cannot be denied that Zionism enjoys grea
the sympathy of the Zionist voters, just as
AL-QADHDHAPI RECEIVES READ OF ARAB ARMY IN
of the Zionists and others against us.
sympathy in.Germany. Strauss wants to win
done in the United States.
Tripoli Domestic Service in Arabic 1730 GMT 28 Aep 7-6-JN
[Text] Brother Col Mu'ammar al-Qadhdhafi receiv
Arab Army of Lebanon, during a visit brother Al-K
held talks in Libya within the framework of the e
Lt Ahmad al-Khatib, commander of the
tib made to Libya. 'Lieutenant al-Khatib
orts being exerted to protect the
the Palestinian revolution.
MOROCCO
Casablanca AL-BAYANE in French 14 Sep 76 p 1 WA
[Summary] At the invitation of the Central Committee f the Hungarian Socialist Workers
party, Abdallahi Layachi, member of the Political,Bure and, secretary of the Central
Committee of the Party of Progress and Socialism [PPS], and Mohamed Boubdallaoui, acting
member of the PPS Central Committee, spent their vacatio in Hungary. Imre Gyori, secre-
tary of the Central Committee of the Socialist Workers Party, and Janos Berecz, chief.of
the division in charge of foreign relations of,the party,'talked with the Moroccan guests.
During the talks, the representatives of the two parties asked about the activity conducted
by their respective parties, and made a general survey of the questions of the moment in
the communist and international workers movements and the possibilities for the develop-
ment of cooperation between the two parties. Abdallah Layachi and Mohamed Bouabdallaoui
left Hungary on 3 September.
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